Several bills were considered in policy committees this week as the next several weeks will be packed with hearings in an effort to meet the July policy committee deadlines. We highlight several bills of interest to CHEAC Members below. The full bill chart is available here. Health Coverage SB 323 (Mitchell) as amended on 4/25/17…
Read More »Yesterday, Senate Republicans released their discussion draft of the legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, deemed the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA). Only a handful of Republican Senators involved in the bill writing – that took place over the past several weeks – were privy to the details of the bill prior…
Read More »Despite the bulk of 2017-18 budget trailer bills being passed by the Legislature last week to meet the June 15 Constitutional deadline, both houses resumed work on remaining trailer bills upon Monday’s return to Sacramento. The week began with the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee convening a hearing on bills that did not meet…
Read More »The Legislature worked tirelessly this week to pass the 2017-18 budget package by the June 15 Constitutional deadline. The week began with both houses convening full budget committee hearings on the trailer bills, with the Assembly taking an information-only approach and the Senate taking up a vote. The hearings allowed members of the budget subcommittees…
Read More »This week was largely dominated by budget discussions in the Legislature, though several policy committees did convene to hear a short list of bills. Rules Committees in both houses have now assigned most bills to policy committees, producing several busy weeks of hearings ahead. Below, we highlight a few bills of interest to CHEAC Members….
Read More »The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently approved a second round of Whole Person Care (WPC) Pilot Projects, expanding efforts to provide comprehensive health care to medically-complex patients. CMS approved 15 applications in this round, eight of which built upon previously-approved pilots and seven of which were new pilots. The WPC is intended…
Read More »Last night, the Budget Conference Committee adjourned shortly after 11:00 pm, concluding their work to reconcile the Senate and Assembly versions of the 2017-18 Budget. The Legislature reached agreements to: Adopt the Governor’s revenue estimates with the exception of using the LAO’s property tax estimates; Increase funding for after-school programs; Restore adult dental and optical…
Read More »Senate Seeking to Gain Momentum to Overhaul the Affordable Care Act Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell publicly shared his goal for the Senate to vote on the Senate’s version of the Affordable Health Care Act (AHCA) prior to the Senate leaving for recess before July 4. Despite initial vows to conduct public hearings and to…
Read More »After last week’s legislative deadline for bills to be passed out of their house of origin, policy committees in both houses met to resume hearings. Many bills are still awaiting policy committee assignments, and the next several weeks are shaping up to be quite busy as we move toward the next legislative deadline in July….
Read More »The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new Diabetes State Burden Toolkit with state-specific data. The toolkit breaks the burden of diabetes down into three categories: health burden, economic burden, and mortality. Based on 2013 data, for example, the toolkit shows a cost of $19,410 per person aged 19-64 with diabetes in…
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